Found Family and Friendship K-Dramas

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Twinkling Watermelon

2023 · tvN · 16 episodes

Twinkling Watermelon tells the story of Eun Gyul, a CODA who is born to deaf parents but has a natural gift for music.

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Weak Hero: Class 1

2022 · Netflix · 16 episodes

An action-driven coming-of-age drama centered on Yun Shi Eun, a top student who consistently ranks in the top 1% of his…

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Reply 1988

2015 · tvN · 20 episodes

In a small Seoul neighborhood in the late 1980s, five families live so close that their doors are never really shut.

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Hospital Playlist

2020 · tvN · 12 episodes

Five doctors who became friends in medical school in 1999 now work at the same hospital.

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My Mister

2018 · tvN · 16 episodes

Park Dong-hoon is a tired man in his forties who quietly carries a strained marriage, a difficult family and a…

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Guardian: The Lonely and Great God

2016 · tvN · 16 episodes

Kim Sin was once a legendary general in the Goryeo military who met a tragic death.

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Descendants of the Sun

2016 · KBS2 · 16 episodes

The story follows a romance that develops between a surgeon and a special forces officer.

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Prison Playbook

2017 · tvN · 16 episodes

Star baseball pitcher Kim Je-hyuk is sentenced to a year in prison after a fight he tried to stop goes wrong.

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The Uncanny Counter

2020 · tvN · 16 episodes

Behind the counter of a small noodle restaurant, a group of demon hunters called Counters works in secret to catch evil…

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D.P.

2021 · Netflix · 6 episodes

Private An Jun-ho has served his time in the army without much fuss when he is suddenly assigned to the military's…

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Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo

2016 · MBC · 16 episodes

A story of love and dreams between three young potential athletes: weightlifter Kim Book Joo, swimmer Jung Joon Hyung…

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Bloodhounds

2023 · Netflix · 8 episodes

Two young boxers meet in the ring and become friends: quiet rookie Kim Geon-u and talkative southpaw Hong U-jin.

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Resident Playbook

2025 · tvN · 12 episodes

At the Jongno branch of Yulje Medical Center, a group of young residents choose the obstetrics and gynecology…

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Strong Girl Bong Soon

2017 · 16 episodes

Do Bong Sun is a petite, unemployed woman who is kind, honest, and gentle by nature.

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Our Unwritten Seoul

2025 · tvN · 12 episodes

Twin sisters Yoo Mi Ji and Yoo Mi Rae share the same face but lead completely different lives.

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Navillera

2021 · tvN · 12 episodes

At seventy, retired postman Deok Chul finally decides to chase the dream he buried decades ago and learn ballet.

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Missing: The Other Side

2020 · tvN · 12 episodes

There is a village where the spirits of people who vanished are said to gather, and a small-time fraudster named Kim Uk…

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Racket Boys

2021 · SBS · 16 episodes

A former badminton star moves his family to a tiny village at the far end of the country and ends up coaching the local…

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Life on Mars

2018 · OCN · 16 episodes

Han Tae Joo is a modern, by-the-numbers detective who trusts data over instinct.

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Defendant

2017 · SBS · 18 episodes

Jeong U is a proud prosecutor who wakes up one day as a prisoner on death row, accused of killing his wife and…

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Chicago Typewriter

2017 · tvN · 16 episodes

Se Ju is a bestselling novelist in slump, and a mysterious ghostwriter shows up offering to help.

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The Fiery Priest

2019 · SBS · 40 episodes

Father Kim is a hot-tempered priest with a hidden past who becomes obsessed with a murder in his own church.

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Our Blues

2022 · tvN · 20 episodes

On the beautiful island of Jeju, the stories of many ordinary people cross paths: a truck-selling trader, a woman with…

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Tunnel

2017 · OCN · 16 episodes

In 1986 a determined detective is hunting a serial killer when he slips through a tunnel and comes out in present-day…

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High School Return of a Gangster

2024 · wavve · 8 episodes

Deuk Pal is a middle-aged gangster who always wished he had gone to school.

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Ghost Doctor

2022 · tvN · 16 episodes

Young Min is a supremely talented but cold surgeon who dies in an accident, only for his spirit to end up in the body…

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Begins Youth

2024 · Xclusive · 12 episodes

Seven boys in the small town of Songju each carry something heavy, from family troubles and poverty to grief and…

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Dear My Friends

2016 · tvN · 16 episodes

A translator keeps getting pulled into the company of her mother's friends, a lively group of older women and men who…

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Welcome to Waikiki

2018 · jTBC · 20 episodes

Three friends who have never had much luck, an aspiring film director, an eccentric actor and a lazy writer, open a…

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Good Manager

2017 · KBS2 · 20 episodes

Sung Ryong is a talented accountant who has spent years cooking the books for gangsters.

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Cruel City

2013 · jTBC · 20 episodes

Shi Hyun is the newly promoted number two in a drug cartel and lives in the shadows, going by a name few people know.

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You and Everything Else

2025 · Netflix · 15 episodes

Eun Jung is a warm, open-hearted woman who makes friends without trying.

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Hello, My Twenties!

2016 · jTBC · 12 episodes

Five young women in their twenties live together in a shared house called Belle Epoque.

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The Rebel

2017 · MBC · 30 episodes

Born a slave in the days of a cruel king, Hong Gil Dong grows into a folk hero who steals from the powerful and shares…

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Boyhood

2023 · Coupang Play · 10 episodes

In the late 1980s, a small, bullied boy transfers to a rough agricultural high school where fists decide everything.

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Avengers Social Club

2017 · tvN · 12 episodes

A fish-shop owner, a housewife and a sheltered heiress have nothing in common until they meet in a secret club.

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Save Me

2017 · OCN · 16 episodes

Sang Mi's family moves to a small town after her father's business fails, and a charismatic religious leader offers…

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Nobody Knows

2020 · SBS · 16 episodes

Young Jin is a detective still haunted by the unsolved killing of her friend nineteen years ago.

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Reply 1997

2012 · tvN · 16 episodes

In 1997, Shi Won is a high school fan of a famous boy band, and she and her five friends in Busan share everything.

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Summer Strike

2022 · ENA · 12 episodes

After her mother dies in an accident and her boyfriend leaves her, Yeo Reum quits her job and retreats to a small…

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If You Wish Upon Me

2022 · KBS2 · 16 episodes

Kyeo Re has grown up through abuse, orphanages and prison, and is close to giving up.

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Lost

2021 · jTBC · 16 episodes

At forty, Boo Jeong feels she has run out of road and achieved nothing.

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Seasons of Blossom

2022 · wavve · 16 episodes

Five students at Seoyeon High School share a story of first love and friendship.

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Yumi's Cells

2021 · TVING · 14 episodes

Every human is run by a network of cells, and the drama lets us see the tiny animated cells inside Yu Mi's head as she…

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My Country: The New Age

2019 · jTBC · 16 episodes

During the change from Goryeo to Joseon, two friends become enemies because they disagree on what "my country" means.

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Circle

2017 · tvN · 12 episodes

The story unfolds in two timelines: 2017, when alien visitors have arrived and humans have learned from them, and 2037…

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The Good Detective

2020 · jTBC · 16 episodes

When doubts arise about a five-year-old murder conviction, a veteran detective teams up with a young hotshot to look…

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Work Later, Drink Now

2021 · tvN · 12 episodes

So Hee, Ji Yeon and Ji Gu are three single women in their thirties who love to hang out after work and drink together.

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One Day Off

2023 · wavve · 8 episodes

Ha Gyeong teaches Korean literature at a high school and, to break up her routine, starts taking one-day trips alone…

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Birthcare Center

2020 · tvN · 8 episodes

Hyun Jin is a driven executive used to succeeding at everything she tries, and she assumes new motherhood will be no…

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Rookie Cops

2022 · Disney+ · 16 episodes

At the Korean National Police University, a diverse group of cadets go through the highs and lows of training to become…

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He Is Psychometric

2019 · tvN · 16 episodes

After losing his parents in a fire, Lee Ahn gains the strange ability to read a person's or object's past through…

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Confession

2019 · tvN · 16 episodes

As a boy, Do Hyun spent most of his childhood in hospital with a heart condition, and right after he finally receives a…

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Thirty-Nine

2022 · jTBC · 12 episodes

Three best friends have leaned on each other since childhood, and now, on the brink of turning forty, they're facing…

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At a Distance, Spring Is Green

2021 · KBS2 · 12 episodes

Soo Hyun and Yeo Jun are two university students with opposite personalities who become unlikely friends after working…

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Search: WWW

2019 · tvN · 16 episodes

Ta Mi is a competitive director at a major web portal in her late thirties who starts questioning everything she's…

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Oh My Ghost

2015 · tvN · 16 episodes

Bong Sun is a shy, self-conscious kitchen assistant who can see ghosts thanks to her shamanic family, though she's…

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Oh My Venus

2015 · KBS2 · 16 episodes

Yeong Ho is a wealthy Hollywood personal trainer who returns to Korea after a scandal, still living a strict, healthy…

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Memory

2016 · tvN · 16 episodes

Tae Suk is a respected lawyer who learns he has early-onset Alzheimer's and decides to put everything on the line to…

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Family By Choice

2024 · jTBC · 16 episodes

Kim San Ha, Yun Ju Won, and Kang Hae Jun grow up under one unconventional household, bound together not by blood but by…

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Business Proposal

2022 · SBS · 12 episodes

Sin Ha Ri is a single woman who has long had a crush on her male friend, only to be heartbroken when she learns that he…

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Study Group

2025 · TVING · 10 episodes

Yun Ga Min is a determined student at the struggling Yusung Technical High School, dreaming of going to college despite…

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Welcome to Samdal-ri

2023 · jTBC · 16 episodes

After losing his mother at a young age due to an incorrect weather report, Cho Yong Pil decides to become a weather…

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Four Hands, Two Sonatas

2026 · tvN · 12 episodes

Kang Pi-o has spent his whole life at the top — first in his class, first at the piano, already talked about as a…

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Our Universe

2026 · tvN · 12 episodes

The drama follows two in-laws who, despite deep misunderstandings and constant friction, are brought together by…

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Spirit Fingers

2025 · TVING · 12 episodes

Song U Yeon is a quiet, awkward high school student who blends into the background and lives a life that feels dull and…

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The Winning Try

2025 · SBS · 12 episodes

Ju Ga Ram was once the brightest hope of Korean rugby.

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Love Next Door

2024 · tvN · 16 episodes

Choi Seung Hyo, Korea’s rising star architect and founder of Atelier In, seems to have it all—talent, charm, and a…